Some Palestinians are wondering why it shouldn’t be three months, or maybe one month or one week. They are forgetting that Rafah being in Palestinian and Egyptian hands, without an Israeli presence, is something they...

It seems to me that there needs to be some better means of … recognizing the solutions which are in both their interests. This is not a game in which one benefits and the other...

If you don’t pay the civil servants, who support 900,000 people, I’m afraid the frustration would reach a level where you couldn’t contain it.

We were a bit nonplused,

I know I do not need to tell each of you that the failure to pay salaries may have wide-ranging consequences — not only for the Palestinian economy but also for security and stability for...

Outside these walls, young people are demonstrating against globalisation, … I believe deeply that many of them are asking legitimate questions, and I embrace the commitment of a new generation to fight poverty. I share...

Time is short, and optimism is a fragile commodity, … miss this opportunity for change, we will regret it for the next decade.

blow each other up.

It would surprise me if one could win by getting all the kids out of school or starving the Palestinians. And I don’t think anyone in the Quartet believes that to be the policy.

If you are an envoy of the quartet, you have a certain amount of possibilities in negotiations. If you are the secretary of state of the United States, I would have to say, there is...

Unless a solution is found, we may be facing the financial collapse of the PA within two weeks.

The government of Israel, with its important security concerns, is loath to relinquish control, almost acting as though there has been no withdrawal.

In the event there is no resolution … any support that goes (to Palestinians) will have to find an alternative route.

Anwar is not only a friend and valued colleague, he was a distinguished chairman of our Development Committee, and a man who believed in speaking his mind,

Terror has reached our door,

It certainly is a surprise, and as you might imagine, we were just about to try and conclude our arrangements for a $3 billion package,

If you were in a job where it was unclear what the purpose of that job was and what the backing that you had was and who had the responsibility…you would probably wonder…if that was...

Our focus is on poverty, which is an issue that affects everybody, but there’s little doubt that other events of interest will make their way into different discussions,

We’ve been discussing (these points) for 20 weeks and have yet to reach finality.